A Forum with the Nation's Leading Experts on Family Policy and Child Well-Being

Family structure and marriage dynamics have changed substantially in recent years, and have led to declines in the well-being of children, particularly in working-class families. And family instability has mounted at a time when economic inequality is on the rise and concerns about social mobility are growing.

These issues surface often in social policymaking debates and even in the presidential campaign. This briefing will present evidence on what we know about the state of American families, marriage, and the extent to which policy has been promoting healthy outcomes for children. Please join us for a stimulating and timely conversation with experts in the field.

WHAT:

Hill policy briefing on the American working-class, mobility and child well-being:
What we know and how policy can make a difference.

WHEN:

Friday, February 12, 2016

10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.

WHERE:

385 Russell Senate Office Building

WHO:

Michael Gerson, Moderator; columnist, The Washington Post and former speechwriter in the second Bush administration

Andrew Cherlin, Professor of Public Policy, Johns Hopkins University; author of Labor's Love Lost: The Rise and Fall of the Working-Class Family in America

Ron Haskins, Co-Director, Center on Children and Families, Budgeting for National Priorities, Brookings Institution

Sara McLanahan, Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, Princeton University; principal investigator, Fragile Families and Child Well-being Study and Editor-in-Chief, The Future of Children

Robert Putnam, Professor of Public Policy, Harvard University; author of Our Kids: the American Dream in Crisis